Tangled, the wicked witch

[Guest guest]

Holy cow! Has anyone seen this movie? I watched it last night with my DD and I

swear the writers have been watching my Nada and took lines word for word from

her.

Rupunzel's " adopted mother " is the closest thing to BPD I have ever seen in a

cartoon. Eesh. Well if you haven't seen it please beware that it may stir up

some feelings.

I'm glad to say that I am to a place now where I just laughed uncontrollably at

the similarities. Since it was a kid movie I only got a few odd glances from

audience members.

I'm also happy to report that I am now graduated from college and to top it off

I'm having a nada free holiday.

I hope to get more time on here and I hope everyone is having as wonderful a day

as possible.

Riah

[Guest guest]

Lol! No, haven't seen it yet, but I am personally convinced that all the best

and most memorable film/literary antagonists are raging " Cluster B " individuals.

An appealing and interesting villain needs some positive traits as well, so that

they aren't boringly or cartoonishly all-bad (although I supposed that's OK in a

cartoon film.)

Weirdly enough, sometimes even the more interesting protagonists have a pd trait

or two, making them more than just 2-dimensional goody-two-shoes types. For

example, ever since starting to read and learn about personality disorder, I've

felt that " Scarlett O'Hara " from " Gone With The Wind " is a " Cluster B " heroine

(mostly narcissistic pd and histrionic pd, but with a smattering of borderline

pd and antisocial pd) who ends up doing some good things almost by accident or

in spite of herself. She is " good " only because it serves her purpose at the

moment, and holds our interest only because she is strikingly, stunningly

beautiful.

We (meaning society in general)seem to be both fascinated by and very indulgent

of those who happen to have been born with great physical beauty/sexual

appeal/charisma; when such a person behaves really horribly, even when the

horrible behavior is consistent, somehow they get a pass. " He/She didn't mean

it. " " He/She is just going through a lot of stress. " etc, etc, etc.

-Annie

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> Holy cow! Has anyone seen this movie? I watched it last night with my DD and I

swear the writers have been watching my Nada and took lines word for word from

her.

>

> Rupunzel's " adopted mother " is the closest thing to BPD I have ever seen in a

cartoon. Eesh. Well if you haven't seen it please beware that it may stir up

some feelings.

> I'm glad to say that I am to a place now where I just laughed uncontrollably

at the similarities. Since it was a kid movie I only got a few odd glances from

audience members.

>

> I'm also happy to report that I am now graduated from college and to top it

off I'm having a nada free holiday.

>

> I hope to get more time on here and I hope everyone is having as wonderful a

day as possible.

>

> Riah

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